CVE-2025-31026
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Austin Comment Validation Reloaded comment-validation-reloaded allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Comment Validation Reloaded: from n/a through <= 0.5.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Comment Validation Reloaded plugin enables attackers to inject malicious scripts via stored XSS. By tricking authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions (such as submitting forms), attackers can persistently embed JavaScript that executes for all site visitors viewing the compromised comments.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if Comment Validation Reloaded plugin is installedAccess your WordPress admin panel, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and search for 'Comment Validation Reloaded' in the list of installed pluginsAffected if The plugin appears in the installed plugins list
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Determine the installed versionIn the Plugins list, click on 'View Details' next to Comment Validation Reloaded, or inspect the plugin header in the main plugin file (usually in wp-content/plugins/comment-validation-reloaded/)Affected if The displayed version matches any version of this plugin (the vulnerability affects this plugin regardless of specific version)
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Confirm the plugin is activeIn Plugins > Installed Plugins, verify that Comment Validation Reloaded shows as 'Active' under the plugin status columnAffected if The plugin status shows Active or Network Active
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Inspect comment-handling functionalityNavigate to the plugin settings (usually under Settings > Comment Validation or similar) to confirm the plugin is configured to validate/process commentsAffected if The plugin settings show comment validation is enabled or the plugin is processing comments
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Check for suspicious comments in the databaseQuery the wp_comments table in your database (or use a plugin like WP-Optimize) to look for comments containing script tags, iframe tags, or javascript: URLs, especially in comment fields like comment_content, author, or URLAffected if Any comments contain executable JavaScript or HTML script tags that were not intentionally added by legitimate administrators
A user is affected if the Comment Validation Reloaded plugin is installed and active on their WordPress site, as the CSRF vulnerability exists in this plugin and could allow stored XSS injection.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the plugin to a patched version immediately. If no update is available, disable the plugin entirely and implement manual CSRF token validation and input sanitization on any comment-handling code before re-enabling.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-31026 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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